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Identification of Sugars in Royal Jelly

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THE presence of sugars in the nutrients of the honey-bee termed royal jelly has been reported; but the analyses were based on fermentation and reducing power investigations1,2 or paper chromatography evidence3,4. The chromatographic evidence indicated the presence of components having the same RF values as glucose and sucrose in all samples studied, and in certain samples, RF values corresponding to sucrose, maltose and ribose. Because this evidence was not based on an evaluation of physical constants of the crystalline sugars and their derivatives, an investigation was undertaken to isolate and identify precisely the carbohydrate components of this bee larval food.

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CHRISTENSEN, G. Identification of Sugars in Royal Jelly. Nature 195, 74–75 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/195074b0

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